May 23, 2011

• Sunday, May 22, 2011

  Sunday was the last of the CAT2 training rides for the Lifecycle.  We did Marshall Wall which is a 95 mile ride that is extremely challenging.  I rode there and back so I got a little more than a century out of it.  It was quite a day.  I left the house at 5:30AM and didn't get home until almost 8:00PM.  Which is fourteen and a half hours if you're counting.  I'm happy this is the last of the rides because I don't know how many more days that long I could handle.  A lot of the usual riders and ride leaders were on the two day Jonathan Pon ride so my friends David and Larry helped me lead a small group that had apparently been left behind.  I swept all day and I had a great time.  This has been a challenging season for me to be a TRL on the CAT2 Sundays and I was really happy, privileged, and honored to be riding with Jean and Rick most the day.  Those guys are the best!

  I got some pics before we started.  This is super cute Richard:

  

  

  

  

  Mr heroes, Rick and Jean in Nicasio:

  

  I got a couple of pics of Nicasio Reservoir and the pretty farms around it:

  

  

  Me:

  

  I saw these goats at the bottom of Marshall wall.  One of her babies had jumped the fence and she was fretting about it.  I managed to shoo the baby into the neighbors yard which wasn't ideal but I figured he wouldn't get hit by a car:

  

  The view from near the top of Marshall Wall:

  

  Rick:

  

  

  He made it! 

  

  Jean took a tumble on the way down to Marshall.  He had quite a bit of road rash but was otherwise OK.  He got back on his bike and continued.  Bolinas Bay was very choppy because of all the high winds:

  

  

  

  We had lunch in Point Reyes Station.  Whale of a Deli was out of burritos when I got there which made me very sad so I went to go see what the offerings were like at the Palace Market.  They had burritos too but were out of rice.  I got one and made both Mr. Poe and Buz proud of me by successfully negotiating a lower price for it.  And it was very good.  They use pico de gallo instead of Salsa and I thought it was delicious.  I'm looking forward to trying it again on Saturday.  Take that, Whale of a Deli!

  I made it home a little before 8PM and had dinner with Mr. Poe and David.  I stuffed myself full of food, took a quick shower, and then went to bed.  I was completely, utterly exhausted.

  Bike Mileage:

  Today 102.8 Week to date 274.1 Month to date 837.3 Year to date 3,146.6 To Goal 4,853.4 Over (Under) plan 34.3 YTD Mileage vs Last Year (338.0) Rolling Year 28,167.5 Since Inception 10/1/07 31,652.1

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